A growing list: Dozens of stores pledge to remain closed on Thanksgiving Day

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MILWAUKEE — In addition to the Mall of America being closed on Thanksgiving Day, several other retailers are doing the same.

According to bestblackfriday.com, while the common reason for these closures is “so employees can spend more time with friends and family,” many stores also want to “bring Black Friday back,” since it has really lost some of its luster in recent years.

Here is a growing list of retailers that will be closed on Thanksgiving Day:

A.C. Moore (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Academy Sports + Outdoors

American Girl

AT&T (Customer Service Closed; Select Retail Locations Closed)

Barnes & Noble (Allow booksellers to spend time with family)

Bed Bath & Beyond (Select Locations)

BJ’s Wholesale Club

Blain’s Farm & Fleet (Allow employees to enjoy the holiday with their families)

Mills Fleet Farm (Allow employees to spend the holiday with family and friends)

Neiman Marcus

Nordstrom (non-store employees working )

Nordstrom Rack

Outdoor Research

P.C. Richard & Son

Patagonia

Petco

PetSmart

Pier 1 Imports (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Publix

Raymour and Flanagan Furniture (8 a.m. Black Friday opening)

Sam’s Club

Sierra Trading Post

Staples

The Container Store

T.J. Maxx (Allow employees to spend time with family)

Tractor Supply

Von Maur (9 a.m. Black Friday opening)

While Mall of America will be closed, according to BestBlackFriday.com, individual stores have the option to be open. This actually means certain mall employees may have to work for security and maintenance reasons, which kind of defeats the purpose of the mall being closed if a lot of stores open.

Ace Hardware and True Value are independently owned, so each owner decides the Thanksgiving hours.

BestBlackFriday.com pointed out that “Thanksgiving Blue Laws” for Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine prevent stores in those states from being open on Thanksgiving, regardless of what the national chain is doing.

BestBlackFriday.com will be updating its list of stores that will remain closed on Thanksgiving Day as the holiday approaches.

3 comments

confused

daflyboys

Not sure why this has to be a “pledge”, as if it’s something like a movement. Traditionally, stores had been closed to honor America, in part, on this day. Now it has to be a pledge? More upside down America that needs to be put right side up.